Cult heroes

Moneymaker

You know the type, the guys that might not the best or most skillful, but fans just take to them for their commitment or some other reason. The Zabaletas, Ameobi's, Tony Hibberts and the like.

Let's hear some from your club and why they're are cult heroes.

Some Newcastle ones I can remember;

Antoine Siberski - Got him on a free, everyone was like wtf, he scored quite a few goals and worked his balls off and the fans loved him.

James Perch - Great underdog story, he came in and he was DREADFUL, fans would greet his appearance like Irish fans react when McShane is anywhere near the pitch. I'm not sure when it turned for him, but some excellent committed displays in numerous positions and the fans took to him, naming him Perchinio, the Mansfield Zanetti and the likes.

Nol Solano - Almost as well known for his 'extra curricular' activities but he was some player.

David Kelly - Mainly for that goal vs Portsmouth. Actually appluaded onto SJP wearing Sunderland colours such was the love for him.

Tino - Don't think I need to explain this one.

Turtyturd

Doni.

SureYWouldntYa

Torres, definately Torres

maximoose

David Batty at Leeds - took no nonsense and gave his all every time, couldn't shoot for sh*t

Melion

Igor Biscan

Danny Murphy, never seemed to get any credit outside of Liverpool for his performances.

Lawrence1895

Rene Higuita, Bruce Grobbelaar, Toni Schumacher, Artur Boruc, Chris Bennion

Goalkeepers are nutcases sometimes

RichT

One from my club...... The 6ft 4in One Man Wall that was Big Micky Droy.

LETS BE AVN IT

Tomas Repka at West Ham , the man was not the best footballer but he was crazy and passionate so supporters loved him at Upton Park.

kryogen

Fortune would be one
David May
Bebe

keano_afc

Nelson Vivas and Giles Grimandi at Arsenal.

RichT

.....and from another club, the midfielder that was often late in the tackle but got there as quick as he could.

Terry Hurlock (Millwall)

Corholio

Freddy Bouma, a multitude of left backs since still hasn't been able to replace him. Got better the more he played for Villa but then got a nasty injury. Always had really good things to say about the club.

Washington Irving

Veggie Heggem, Eric Meijer, The Greek, Dirk Kuyt

padd b1975

Frank Sinclair.

Pure dung but Chelsea fans loved him.

Gabby Heinze during his short time at Man Utd.

TaosHum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlqCCDh9XT0

missingtime

The entire Liverpool squad of 2004/2005

Easy Rod

Corholio wrote: »

Freddy Bouma, a multitude of left backs since still hasn't been able to replace him. Got better the more he played for Villa but then got a nasty injury. Always had really good things to say about the club.

Gets my vote also, beast of a man.

I would shoot from anywhere with him in pro ev as he had a shot power of 92 or something.

Honourable mention to Alan Wright, all 5ft 2" of him!

8-10

Steve Bull

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Moneymaker

Some class mentions in here, lot of reading wikipedia

Here's some more;

Shaun Goater - Name still chanted at Man City

Javier Zanetti - 39 and still going strong, closing in on 600 league games

Steffen Effenberg - Voted one of Bayerns greatest ever players.

Pippo Inzaghi - It's Pippo, nuff said.

Bryan Gunn - Legendary figure at Norwich

Henrik! Larsson - Celtics greatest ever player and fans loved him wherever he went. Highly respected at Man U and Barca to this day which says it all.

Eric Abidal - I was at the game right after he was taken ill and the love and adortation really did warm the heart. Been an under-rated player for years.

Angelo Palombo - 13 years at Sampdoria and still got years left in him.

Marco Matterazzi - Cult figure in Italy.

Sergio Pellissier - Always scored the goals to keep little Chievo up. Think of Le Tiss at Southampton.

Andres Iniesta - Amazing player but idolized everywhere he goes, if he gets subbed in away games he gets applauded off by all sides of the ground.

Joseba Etxeberria - Bilbao stalwart who was adored during his 15 years of loyal service to the club.

Oranage2

Heskey - though not as bad as people made out.

igorbiscan

Igor Biscan :P

Esse85

Moneymaker wrote: »

Some class mentions in here, lot of reading wikipedia

Here's some more;

Shaun Goater - Name still chanted at Man City

Javier Zanetti - 39 and still going strong, closing in on 600 league games

Steffen Effenberg - Voted one of Bayerns greatest ever players.

Pippo Inzaghi - It's Pippo, nuff said.

Bryan Gunn - Legendary figure at Norwich

Seb Larsson - Celtics greatest ever player and fans loved him wherever he went. Highly respected at Man U and Barca to this day which says it all.

Eric Abidal - I was at the game right after he was taken ill and the love and adortation really did warm the heart. Been an under-rated player for years.

Angelo Palombo - 13 years at Sampdoria and still got years left in him.

Marco Matterazzi - Cult figure in Italy.

Sergio Pellissier - Always scored the goals to keep little Chievo up. Think of Le Tiss at Southampton.

Andres Iniesta - Amazing player but idolized everywhere he goes, if he gets subbed in away games he gets applauded off by all sides of the ground.

Joseba Etxeberria - Bilbao stalwart who was adored during his 15 years of loyal service to the club.

Might wanna change the first name.

Ian Taylor for Villa.

mike65

David Fairclough - Liverpools "supersub" in the mid 70s to early 80s -

Football League First Division (6): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83
League Cup (3): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83
FA Charity Shield (5): 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
European Cup (3): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81
UEFA Cup (1): 1975–76
UEFA Super Cup (1): 1977

Nice haul for a part timer!

DaveyCakes

I always understood "cult hero" to mean a player who may not have been widely known but had a certain cachet among fans of a club.

I don't see how the likes of Effenberg, Larson and Zanetti fit this description. Does Effenberg qualify by being a grumpy arsehole?

Sgt Pepper 64

Billy the Fish

IncognitoMan

ole gunnar solskjaer. Just loved

8-10

Jari Litmanen. Hugely rated by our fans and should never have left. One of many cult heros but my all-time favourite player.

Moneymaker

DaveyCakes wrote: »

I always understood "cult hero" to mean a player who may not have been widely known but had a certain cachet among fans of a club.

I don't see how the likes of Effenberg, Larson and Zanetti fit this description. Does Effenberg qualify by being a grumpy arsehole?

Sure he does, he was as well known for his commitment and leadership as much as his ability.

He was always entertaining too, being a raving lunatic and and all.

The_Kew_Tour

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

homerjay2005

People are mixing up good players for Cult Heroes...David May - average football, but for this pic alone, deserves his Cult Hero status..

Evil_Clown

Jimmy Bullard

Kidchameleon

Zinedine Kilbane

Seaneh

Yeah, people are confusing "club legend" (aka Inzaghi, Kaka, Van Basten, Shevchenko, Baresi, Maldini, etc at Milan) and Cult Hero aka Serginho at Milan, Ole at United, Oleguer at Barca, etc.

BOHtox

Jimmy Aggrey


I think he scored two goals for Bohs and both were against Rovers including one on his debut

If you like mindaugas Kalonas and watching Bohs in the rain, he's a full international, gonna score every game.


Super player and scored the winning goal against Rovers and the winning penalty in the FAI cup final in 08!

Macca07

For Man United

Solskjaer for just being magnificant professional and player
Forlan for his double over Liverpool, despite scoring about 3 other goals his whole United career.
Fortune would be another who made an OK career for himself.

eh i dunno

http://youtu.be/xnkfwGagVQY

Tony Hibbert....Hibbo scores we riot

Lawrence1895

Dede and Mary...nobody voted for her yet? Strange

dan1895

Seaneh

I think the ultimate cult hero has to be Rod De Khors with Athlone.
So loved was he by the Athlone fans that one of them wrote a booke about him, titled after probably the best chant from any fans ever. :P

Who Needs Cantona...We've Got Rod De Khors!

markie29

Erik Meijer for Liverpool,not the best footballers going but even in the reserves he used to try his hardest.

Also drank with Liverpool fans before the Uefa Cup final in 2001

Captain Havoc

Samassi Abou, played up front, mostly as a substitute. The fans used to give a loud Abooooooooooooooooooooooou, when he got the ball, at first he thought they were booing him only to realise that they were calling his name. Scored a few goals also but he didn't have the greatest first touch with his goals coming from determination rather than class.

Andersonisgod

Branislav Ivanovic is a bit of a cult hero these days among Chelsea fans, as is Ferreira.

Soups123

Ray Parlour

Lovely Bloke

Max Cream

Juan Sera

MUSEIST

David Luiz

dan1895

TheNinthGate wrote: »

Max Cream

Juan Sera

How many first team appearances between the two of them?

Corvo

Wes Brown

Igor Biscan
He is a giant of a man
He should be playing for Milan
Igor Biscan

KingdomYid

For Tottenham:

Steffan Freund, Erik Thorstvedt, Gary Doherty to a certain extent (had his own chant).

Number 1 is Gary Doc, number 2 is Gary Doc......

thebaz

Paul mcGrath - then again , he was just pure class

kfallon

Dominic Iorfa for Waterford Utd, joined us in about '99 I think and helped us avoid relegation scoring a few important goals along the way. I swear the guy didn't know the offside rule despite playing in various other countries before Ireland Wore yellow boots sometimes and when he left he gave them to the kit man who wore them for a couple of seasons afterwards



Jose Quitongo was another one, was loved at Waterford then left, ended up at Hearts and returned to The Blues near the end of his career. Celtic fans may remember him scoring a 94th minute equaliser at Tynecastle against The Hoops the season Celtic stopped the Rangers bid for 10 in a row